Andy Martin for Congress: July 2018

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Rudy Giuliani faces questions Wednesday when he heads to New Hampshire to “endorse” a candidate with a history of filing racial discrimination claims. The state Liquor Commission is expediting an investigation into what agency files can be disclosed under the local “Right to Know” law, similar to FOIA

New Hampshire congressional candidate Andy Martin says he has reached “agreement in principle” with the New Hampshire Liquor Commission (“LC”) to expedite his Right to Know (“RTK”) demands for the voluminous LC files of former enforcement chief Eddie Edwards. Edwards is now a congressional candidate, although Edwards’ campaign may be on life support. Martin had advised the LC that if agreement on an expedited RTK schedule was not reached by 5:00 P.M. Tuesday he would file suit today, August 1st to secure the Edwards files on an expedited basis. At 5:31 P.M. Tuesday an attorney for the LC sent Martin an email providing an expedited RTK schedule. The parties are close to a deal and Martin expects an agreement today.

News from:

ANDY MARTIN /2018

Republican candidate for Congress

New Hampshire-

First Congressional District

www.AndyMartin2018.com

www.AndyMartin.com

www.FirstRespondersOnline.us

Headquarters:

E-mail:AndyNewHampshire@aol.com

P.O. Box 742

Manchester, NH 03105-0742

Tel. (603) 518-7310

Fax (866) 214-3210

Blogs:

www.AndyMartinforCongress.blogspot.com

www.AndyMartinforCongress.wordpress.com

Announcement of Concord, New Hampshire news conference today, Wednesday, August 1

August 1 Concord, NH news conference details:

Who:

GOP 1st District congressional candidate Andy Martin

What:

Andy Martin reaches preliminary agreement with New Hampshire Liquor Commission to expedite release of Eddie Edwards’ files

Where:

Front steps of New Hampshire State Capitol, 107 N. Main Street, Concord

When:

Wednesday, August 1; 12:00 P.M. (noon)

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Attention, New Hampshire, Washington, National daybook/assignment and Political editors

(Concord, NH)(August 1, 2018) --- First District GOP congressional candidate Andy Martin will hold a Concord, NH news conference Wednesday, August 1st to announce he has reached “agreement in principle” to expedite the production of New Hampshire Liquor Commission (“LC”) files involving Eddie Edwards’ lawsuits and complaints against the LC. Edwards received $160,000 to leave the agency and never reapply for employment.

“I had given the LC until 5:00 P.M. Tuesday to make a deal. When it came to 5:01 P.M. I sat down at my desk to start drafting a Right to Know (‘RTK’) lawsuit seeking to expedite the LC’s response. At 5:31 P.M. an email from the LC popped up offering an expedited schedule. It was like a James Bond clock ticking down to the last minute.

“The LC had previously claimed, falsely and outrageously, that it had no records concerning Edwards, which was a preposterous response (we previously distributed a copy of that fraudulent letter from the LC).

“Nevertheless, while we have not reached 100% agreement, we are close enough that I think we can make a deal. I am working for every Republican voter and every New Hampshire citizen, who have a right to know the true facts about the candidates, not the p.r. baloney the media report, and a ‘right to know’ about the mismanagement of their public agencies as in the case of Mr. Edwards.

“Tuesday I held a Manchester news conference and released documents written by Edwards’ successor claiming he had inherited from Edwards an agency that was ‘dysfunctional,’ and characterized by ‘mistrust and self-interest.’

“If Eddie Edwards were not a minority, no one would seriously consider him as a candidate for congress based on his failed record at the LC. Edwards has very successfully played the race card, first at the LC and now in a congressional race. But that game is up. I have a long, long history of support for civil rights. No one can accuse me of being a bigot. I am merely a fighter for the color-blind facts and truth.

“Wednesday Rudy Giuliani, who should know better, is coming to NH to ‘endorse’ Edwards. Endorse what? Edwards’ failed record as a ‘dysfunctional’ leader who led with ‘mistrust and self-interest?’ That’s a record Giuliani can endorse?

“Giuliani should receive tough questions about his bizarre endorsement of someone who filed two administrative complaints and one lawsuit against the agency he led claiming racial discrimination. When he was finally booted out, he claimed he was a great success and started running for office. That’s the definition of chutzpah.

“Would Giuliani endorse a non-minority candidate with that record? No way. So in the twilight of his career, Giuliani is now endorsing candidates that he would have summarily rejected earlier in his professional life.

“Now that I am approaching an agreement with the LC I fully expect John DiStaso at WMUR to big foot me and file his own duplicative RTK request at the LC. Mr. DiStaso is a great admirer of mine. He copies all of my RTK demands and pretends they are really his own.

“My campaign for congress has been one of the most extraordinary in recent American history, right here in little old New Hampshire. Two candidates, Sanborn and Edwards, who started out appearing superficially qualified, have been devastated by my investigative work, even though I am almost never credited with digging out the facts about them. And so the course of Republican Party politics in New Hampshire has been altered by my dogged investigation into the questionable records of two individuals who have no business being in congress.

“I will be working with the LC on Wednesday to lock down the timetable. I think we will do so and avoid a lawsuit. I am working to make the ‘Eddie Edwards files’ available as quickly as possible and we are using the prospect of an RTK lawsuit to get the agency to move more quickly,” Martin says. “I would act with the same ferocity in Congress. I would not let the Department of Justice and FBI delay production of documents to cover-up Democratic Party dirty tricks.

“I am the only hope New Hampshire voters have of sending a fighter to Washington who will advocate for their interests.

“As for Rudy Giuliani, coming to New Hampshire to ‘endorse’ someone he barely met, doesn’t know and hasn’t vetted? Sad.”

LINKS TO THIS STORY (cut and paste the entire link below and not just the underlined portion):

ANDY MARTIN - A BRIEF BIO:

Andy Martin is a legendary New Hampshire-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, talk television pioneer, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. With fifty years of background in radio and television and with five decades of intelligence, investigative and analytical experience in Washington, the

USA

and around the world, Andy provides insight on politics, foreign policy, military and intelligence matters. For a full bio, go to: www.AndyMartin.com; also see www.BoycottABC.com/executive_director.htm

Andy has also been a leading corruption fighter in American politics and courts for fifty years and is executive director of the National Anti-Corruption Policy Institute. See also www.FirstRespondersOnline.us; www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com.

He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).

He is the author of “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” [www.OrangeStatePress.com] and produced the Internet film “Obama: The Hawaii’ Years” [www.BoycottHawaii.com]. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” blogging at www.contrariancommentary.wordpress.com and www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Andy’s family immigrated to Manchester, New Hampshire over 100 years ago; today his home overlooks the Merrimack River and he lives around the corner from where he played as a small boy. He is New Hampshire’s leading corruption fighter and Republican Party reformer.

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New Hampshire news conference: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is about to be humiliated in New Hampshire

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani faces humiliation Wednesday when he travels to New Hampshire to “endorse” a congressional candidate who is a political fraud and racial huckster that took New Hampshire taxpayers for $160,000 as well as tens of thousands of dollars in salary while he did nothing but sit back and sue the state.

New Hampshire congressional candidate Andy Martin will hold a Manchester news conference Tuesday to ask “Why is Rudy Giuliani making a fool of himself? He is coming to New Hampshire to ‘endorse’ Eddie Edwards, who has been exposed as a racial profiteer and political phony. What is Giuliani thinking? Who is advising him?”

Tuesday Martin will probably put the final nail in Edwards’ political coffin when he exposes and brings to public attention the claims of Edwards’ successor about Edwards’ miserable performance as a liquor enforcement lawman.

Giuliani is not the only victim of Edwards’ film flam campaign. Other prominent Granite Staters have all been taken in by Edwards charming personality but deeply flawed character.

Announcement of Manchester, New Hampshire news conference today, Tuesday, July 31

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Attention, New Hampshire, Washington, National daybook/assignment and Political editors

News from:

ANDY MARTIN /2018

Republican candidate for Congress

New Hampshire-

First Congressional District

www.AndyMartin2018.com

www.AndyMartin.com

www.FirstRespondersOnline.us

Headquarters:

E-mail:AndyNewHampshire@aol.com

P.O. Box 742

Manchester, NH 03105-0742

Tel. (603) 518-7310

Fax (866) 214-3210

Blogs:

www.AndyMartinforCongress.blogspot.com

www.AndyMartinforCongress.wordpress.com

New Hampshire First Congressional District GOP candidate Andy Martin will hold a Manchester news conference Tuesday to release potentially fatally damaging documentation about his primary opponent, Eddie Edwards. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is coming to New Hampshire to endorse Edwards Wednesday, but Edwards may already be road kill by then. Martin is releasing web-based research which points to criticism of Edwards by his successor, James Wilson.

“Don’t believe me,” Martin says. "Believe Edwards’ successor, James Wilson. Wilson provides a devastating portrayal of Edwards as incompetent and manipulative. Edwards apparently collected tens of thousands of dollars in salary over an extended period for doing virtually nothing but suing the state.

This is one of the biggest political scandals in New Hampshire history and until I started digging, the local newspaper and TV station had completely covered up the mess. I have proven my skills as someone who will expose waste, fraud and mismanagement in Congress; I’m already doing that job in New Hampshire. Eddie Edwards ripped off the taxpayers three ways. Today is Edwards’ last day as a credible candidate for congress. Hasta La Vista, Eddie.”

July 31 Manchester, NH news conference details:

Who:

GOP 1st District congressional candidate Andy Martin

What:

Andy Martin humiliates former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani by releasing damaging information about a candidate Giuliani plans to endorse on Wednesday

Where:

Front steps of Manchester City Hall (park area), One City Hall Plaza, Manchester, NH 03101

When:

Monday, July 31; 12:00 P.M. (noon)

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(Manchester, NH)(July 31, 2018) --- A congressional candidate whose very existence is denied by the local newspaper and TV station will humiliate worldwide figure Rudy Giuliani Tuesday when Andy Martin exposes damaging information about a candidate Giuliani is traveling to New Hampshire to endorse on Wednesday.

Because the local newspaper and TV station deny that Andy Martin is a bona fide candidate, Martin has pledged to politically destroy his primary opponents as the only way he can gain the nomination in the first congressional district. Tuesday may mark the end of Eddie Edwards’ campaign as a credible candidate and the humiliation of Rudy Giuliani and potentially serious questions about Giuliani’s political judgment and diminished skills.

“In New Hampshire, we only have one local TV station and one formerly statewide newspaper. They routinely cover up embarrassing political news to protect the ‘establishment,’” says Martin. “I am disliked by the local media because I am a disruptive force in state politics: I tell the truth. I also embarrass the media because they do no investigative reporting and merely act as conduits for political advertisers. I present hard evidence, as I am doing today in disclosing evidence from Edwards’ own successor. I offer unavoidable truths. I am the Republican U. S. Representative New Hampshire needs in congress.

“Why is Rudy Giuliani coming to New Hampshire to endorse someone for congress who ripped off local taxpayers three ways? First, Edwards filed three complaints and lawsuits against his employer. These proceedings cost the state tens of thousands of dollars (I have a pending Right to Know request for legal bills) in outside legal fees. It is clear from the resume of Edwards’ successor, James Wilson, that Edwards collected a salary for some time while he was suing taxpayers and doing next to nothing as an agency manager. Finally, Edwards ripped New Hampshire taxpayers for $160,000 in ‘get lost’ money.

“Edwards is Rudy Giuliani’s idea of a Republican candidate? What's wrong with Rudy? For shame, Rudy.

“I am the only candidate in either party who has a reputation as a no nonsense corruption fighter, a fighter for ordinary people, not wealthy campaign contributors. All of the other candidate dweebs in both parties in the First District promise to fight mismanagement in Washington, but I am the only one who has a decades-long history of ferreting out crooks in government and doing something about it.

“Where was Senator Andy Sanborn when Edwards was ripping off taxpayers? Sanborn was ogling Sanborn's secretary and making what Sanborn admits were dirty jokes.

“Adding to the shame and embarrassment for prominent New Hampshire Republicans who support Edwards, Edwards has been blowing smoke in their faces while picking their pockets, the same way he performed at the Liquor Commission.

Here is what Edwards’ successor, James Wilson, says about the agency Edwards left behind:

My background as Division Director contributes to and reinforces my capacity to back these claims. As the state’s chief of liquor enforcement and licensing I turned around a dysfunctional agency, known for its endemic mistrust and self-interest, to one of shared mission and individual empowerment. The enhanced internal culture led to a much-improved public perception and operative working approach.

Martin says, “Either Jim Wilson or Eddie Edwards is lying. Edwards signed a contract (‘Settlement Agreement’) barring him from employment at the Commission. Wilson went from chief to the director of legislative relations for the Commission. Unlike Edwards, who signed a ‘not eligible for reemployment’ provision, Wilson did not. Wilson didn’t sue the Commission and he did not walk out the door being pushed all the way.

“I have provided two links as well as an attachment for convenience. If you go to link #1 you will find Wilson’s linkedin page. Click on ‘Show More’ to find the conditions at the Liquor Commission Wilson inherited from Edwards. If you click on the symbol ‘James Wilson resume.pdf,’ you will see even more searing criticism of the agency under Edwards’ management.

“It is obvious that if Wilson inherited a ‘dysfunctional agency characterized by distrust and self-interest,’ (see PDF) that was the agency Edwards left behind when he ‘retired.’ It does not appear Edwards did very much to provide value to taxpayers after he started suing taxpayers, so Edwards gleaned a lot of salary checks simply by squatting in a state agency. What an indictment of his behavior and the behavior of his superiors.

“In closing, I end as I began with two questions: First, why is Rudy Giuliani coming to New Hampshire to ‘endorse’ a candidate he barely knows and whom Giuliani hasn’t researched? Second, which story is true? Edwards’? Or Wilson’s? They can’t both be true. I believe Wilson.

“Edwards was a failure at the Liquor Commission, except in extracting money for playing the race card and collecting a big payday at the end.

“I suppose you could add two more questions: Why did the local newspaper and TV station cover up this scandal and treat Edwards as a legitimate candidate? Until I came along and blew the whistle? Finally, can you find a better candidate for congress, anywhere, who is experienced and will serve the people of New Hampshire, not the special interests, and buck the political mandarins better than me? The best reason to vote for me is the shambles Eddie Edwards is leaving behind as his campaign collapses into oblivion,” Martin will state at his news conference. “They wanted Eddie; they’re getting me.”

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Had enough for one day? Well, there’s more. Attention, John DiStaso, at WMUR; it’s wake-up time: The New Hampshire Attorney General has informed Martin that later this week another pile of embarrassing documents about another of Martin’s opponents will be released. Time for you to pilfer another pile of material Martin secured for public disclosure and claim it as your own.

The new release of documents later this week concerns Andy Sanborn, who has already been exposed as a public official so toxic his own colleagues took away his legislative assistant.

Who exposed the Sanborn scandal? No surprise there, Andy Martin.

If Rudy Giuliani is “

America

’s Mayor,” (about which there is growing question), Andy Martin is New Hampshire’s candidate for congress, about which there is no question. Martin promised to expose and demolish his opponents because the TV station and newspaper were pretending Martin did not exist. The demolition derby is proceeding with full force. “Man working:” Andy Martin.

LINKS TO THIS STORY (cut and paste the entire link below and not just the underlined portion):

[1]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimwilsonatlinkedin/

[2]

https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/gb0mCBc4iHKhps